“I was like, ‘If you tell that joke on air, I’m leaving.'”
Michael Chedoesn’t always loveColin Jost’s contributions toSaturday Night Live.
Jost retorted, “You were just upset that it worked so well.”
Colin Jost and Michael Che on ‘Weekend Update’ on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 2019.Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photobank
“I don’t remember what the setup was, but the punchline was ‘jalapeno business.’
And I was like, ‘If you tell that joke on air, I’m leaving.
I’m quitting the show.’
Colin Jost and Michael Che at the 2018 Emmys.Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times via Getty
And he did it on air and it destroyed.
And I was so frustrated.
I was so frustrated.
I was like, ‘I don’t even know what we do anymore.'”
“And then I was like, ‘I’m definitely, definitely doing this.'”
“It doesn’t need it.
You could say it without context.”
The infamous jalapeno joke came in the season 40 finale in May 2015.
Though youd be angry too if your boyfriend was jalapeno business."
But its the last show of the season.
And, what are they gonna do?
So, Im just gonna do it.
Here we go."
Che then began a joke about a Malaysia Airlines flight and was interrupted byBobby Moynihan’s Riblet.
Listen to the full conversation between Che, Jost, Carvey, and Spade above.
